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Here’s a great article by James Lehman about permissive parenting . The Disneyland Daddy by James Lehman, MSW Vicki is the single mother of Alex (12), Ryan (8) and Jessica (6). To make ends meet, she works two jobs—as a receptionist during the week and part-time catering on weekends. She has been divorced from Mike, a supervisor for a building contractor, for two years. Her relationship with Mike is strained at best, hostile at worst. Mike gets the kids every other weekend and every Wednesday. The kids love going to Dad’s because there are “no rules.” They get to do pretty much whatever they ... Read Full Story

Tafar was born to an Africanized Canadian mother, Carol, who seemed to don the Rastafarian culture and prefer men of Afrique design. Carol initially had two children Tafar and Kwame. When Tafar was 2 years old his 6 month old brother died and it was judged that his mother, Carol was at fault for neglecting him. A few weeks after I had started working at the treatment center, Tafar invited me to sit with him in the time out room. He asked me if I was married? If I had children? Where I was born? Did I have siblings? With my responses he felt ... Read Full Story

Since we are going through the Total Transformation DVD’s and CD’s, we thought it would be good to explain what the Total Transformation workbook is all about, since it’s a major part of the program. The Total Transformation workbook is 118 pages, and it starts out explaining a little about the program, and a little about James Lehman who came up with it. Right away after that it starts the training – it suggests you watch the Jump Start DVD, then you’re instructed to answer some questions about your child. These questions are designed to help you identify the behaviors that your kid needs ... Read Full Story

By Julie Hellstrom Mexican Train Dominos is a great game that we've recently been introduced to, but we found the rules in the game we bought to be a little confusing. These are the Mexican Train Domino rules we learned to play that seems to best suit our younger kiddos. The dominos themselves are different than regular dominos because they go up to double 12's. One cool thing is that if counting dots is hard for your little ones, you can buy these dominos that have numbers instead of dots. The game go basically like this - each person takes a number of tiles ... Read Full Story

Adding a child to a relationship definitely changes the dynamics of a partnership and will usually make things more stressful. People do it every day, though, so there's gotta be something said for creating families and making the beautiful babies that make the world go around. How do couples survive the tumultuous times ahead of them? What can they do to make things easier on their marriage and friendship? I work with couples all the time who speak of marital issues that stem from their disagreements on parenting and problems that didn't occur before children. There are several books I recommend to parents looking ... Read Full Story